# वात (vāta)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vata

वात (vāta) is a Sanskrit word meaning blown, wind or the wind-god, wind, air, wind emitted from the body, wind or air as one of the humours of the body, flatulence, gout, or rheumatism. Its 53 recorded definitions are grouped into 17 contexts, among them Wind, Air (Physical Element), Proper Nouns & Epithets, Medical Conditions, Symptoms & Related Terms.

- **Roots:** वन् (van), 1. वा (1. vā), 3. वा (3. vā), 2. वा (2. vā), वत् (vat)
- **Etymology:** E. वा to go, Unādi aff. तन् — E. vā to go, Unādi aff. tan
- **SLP1:** `vAta`  **IAST:** vāta  **Devanagari:** वात
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vata/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Wind, Air (Physical Element) (13 definitions)
- wind or the wind-god  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > वात (vāta) m. wind or the wind-god ( pl. also ‘the Maruts’, cf. वायु (vāyu) ), RV. &c. &c. [ ID=189438 ]
- wind, air  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > wind, air, Hit. [ ID=189439 ]
- Air, wind  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तः (taḥ) 1 Air, wind
- 1. Wind or the god of wind. 2. Air as a bodily humor or a disorder caused by it.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 276-2 ] वात (vāta) 1. vā́-ta [ pp. √ 1. vā, blow: with change of accent; cp. márta], m. wind; god of wind ( pl. the Maruts); air, wind as one of the humours of the body; disorder caused by wind. [ ID=16241 ]
- 1. Air or wind. 2. Rheumatism, gout, or joint inflammation. 3. Wind as a bodily humour.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वा (vā) त (vāta) m. ( - तः (-taḥ) ) 1 Air, wind. 2 Rheumatism, gout, inflammation of the joints. 2 Air, wind, as one of the humours of the body. E. वा (vā) to go, Uṇādi aff. तन् (tan). [ ID=34262 ]
- 1. Air or wind. 2. Rheumatism or gout.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वात (vāta) ( तः ) ((taḥ)) 1. m. Air, wind; rheumatism, gout. [ ID=33852 ]
- 1. Air or wind. 2. The deity presiding over wind. 3. Wind as a bodily humour. 4. Gout or rheumatism.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वात (vāta) (II) m. 1. Air, wind, R. i.38, Megh. i.31; 2. the deity that presides over wind; 3. wind considered as one of the three humours of the body; 4. gout, rheumatism. [ ID=34220 ]
- 1. Air or wind. 2. Rheumatism, gout, or joint inflammation. 3. Wind as one of the three bodily humors. 4. The deity presiding over wind.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वा (vā) त (vāta) m. ( - तः (-taḥ) ) 1. Air, wind. 2. Rheumatism, gout, inflammation of the joints. 3. Air, wind, as one of the three humours of the body. 4. The deity that presides over wind. f. ( - ता (-tā) ) Adj. 1. Blown. 2. Wished for, solicited. E. वा (vā) to go, Unādi aff. तन् (tan). [ ID=35818 ]
- 1. Air, wind, or breeze. 2. Rheumatism or gout.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 0834-a ] वात (vāta) vāta, i. e. vānt, ptcple. pres. of vā + a, m. 1. Air, wind, Vikr. d. 25; breeze, 67, 3. 2. Rheumatism, gout, Śṛṅgārat. 14. — Comp. A-, ( m. or n. ), absence of wind, quiet, Lass. 97, 11 = Rigv. vi. 64, 4. Anu-, m. the windward side; °te, loc. to the windward, Man. 3, 203. Nirvāta, i. e. nis-, I. adj. 1. not windy, calm. 2. sheltered from the wind, Hit. 80, 20. II. m. absence of wind, Pañc. iii. d. 54. Purovāta, i. e. puras-, m. east wind, Vikr. d. 81. Pūti-, m. a fart, Bhāg. P. 5, 5, 30. Prati-, see s. v. — Cf. Lat. ven- tus; Goth. vinds; A.S. wind; O.H.G. wetar; A.S. weder ( cf. vātara ); ἐτώσιος. [ ID=12989 ]
- 1. Wind or air. 2. The god of the wind.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 484 ] वात (vāta) m. wind, air; the god of the wind. [ ID=28752 ]
- 1. Wind or air. 2. Vata, the god of the wind.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 242-a ] vā́ta, m. —1. wind; air; —2. Vāta, god of the wind. [ √1vā, ‘blow’: acct, 1176c : cf. Icelandic Ōð-inn, AS. Wōd-en, Old High Ger. Wuot-an, names of the highest Germanic god, Odin: the name still lives in the Eng. Wednes-day, AS. Wōdn-es dæg: some connect Wōden w. √vat, ‘inspire, excite.’] [ ID=3787 ]
- 1. Wind, air, or breeze. 2. The god of the wind. 3. Wind or air as one of the bodily humors, or a morbid affection thereof such as rheumatism, gout, or joint inflammation.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 0899-a ] 1. vāta, as, ā, am, (for 2. vāta see p. 902, col. 2), blown; ( as ), m. wind, air, breeze; the god of the wind (usually called Vāyu, q. v., but addressed under the name Vāta in Ṛg-veda X. 168. and X. 186); wind Page0899-b+ 81 or air as one of the humors of the body; morbid affection of the windy humor, rheumatism, gout, inflammation of the joints; [cf. Gr. ἐτώσιος; Lat. ventus; Goth. vinds; Angl. Sax. wind, weder; Old Germ. weder.] —Vāta-karman, a, n. breaking wind. —Vāta-kuṇḍalikā, f. scanty and painful flow of urine. —Vāta-kumbha, as, m. the part of an elephant's forehead below the frontal sinuses. —Vāta- ketu, us, m. ‘wind-sign,’ dust. —Vāta-keli, is, m. amorous sport or converse, speaking in whispers; the marks of finger-nails on a lover's person. —Vāta- gāmin, ī, m. ‘wind-goer,’ a bird. —Vāta-gulma, as, m. ‘wind-cluster,’ a gale, high wind; acute gout or rheumatism. —Vāta-gopā, ās, ās, am, Ved. hav- ing the Wind as protector. —Vāta-grasta, as, ā, am, ‘wind-seized,’ epileptic; rheumatic. —Vāta- ghna, as, ī, am, removing disorders of the wind; ( ī ), f. the shrub Hedysarum Gangeticum. —Vāta- codita, as, ā, am, driven by the wind. —Vāta-ja, as, ā, am, produced by or arising from wind. —Vā- ta-java, as, ā, am, fleet as the wind. —Vāta-jūta, as, ā, am, Ved. impelled or driven by the wind. —Vāta-jūti, is, m., N. of the author of Ṛg-veda X. 136, 2 (having the patronymic Vātaraśana). —Vāta-jvara, as, m. ‘wind-fever,’ fever arising from vitiated wind. —Vātajvara-pratīkāra, as, m. the remedying or counteraction of the above disease. —Vāta-tūla, am, n. cottony or flocculent seeds floating in the air. —Vāta-tviṣ, ṭ, ṭ, ṭ, Ved. bril- liant or radiant with the wind (said of the Maruts). —Vāta-thuḍā, f. (?), a gale, a high wind; acute gout or rheumatism; a disease, a sort of small-pox; a handsome woman. —Vāta-dhvaja, as, m. ‘wind- sign, ‘a cloud. —Vātan-dhama, see Vopa-deva XXVI. 55. —Vāta-pitta, am, n. ‘wind-bile,’ a form of rheumatism or rheumatic fever. —Vātapitta-ja, as, ā, am, produced by the above disease. —Vāta- pittaja-śūla, am, n. a form of the disease called śūla. —Vāta-putra, as, m. ‘son of the wind,’ N. of Bhīma; the monkey Hanumat; a cheat, swindler. —Vāta-potha or vāta-pothaka, as, m. the Palāśa tree, Butea Frondosa. —Vāta-prakopa, as, m. (in medicine) excess of wind. —Vāta-prabala, as, ā, am, (in medicine) having an excess of wind. —Vāta- pramī, īs, m. f. ‘wind-surpassing,’ a swift antelope, (see Gram. 126. f.) —Vāta-phulla, as, ā, am, ‘wind-inflated,’ swollen or puffed up with wind. —Vāta-phullāntra (°la-an°), am, n. ‘wind-swollen stomach, ‘flatulence in the bowels, colic. —Vātam- aja, as, ā, am, going towards or against the wind; ( as ), m. a swift antelope. —Vāta-maṇḍalī, f. ‘wind- circle, ‘a whirlwind. —Vāta-mṛga, as, m. ‘wind- deer, ‘a swift antelope. —Vāta-raṃha, as, ā, am, or vāta-raṃhas, ās, ās, as, having the impetuosity of the wind, swift as the wind. —Vāta-rakta, am, n. acute gout or rheumatism (ascribed to a vitiated state of the ‘wind and blood’). —Vātarakta-ghna, as, m. ‘destroying or curing the disease Vāta-rakta,’ a plant or shrub ( = kukkura, commonly called Ku- kurmurā). —Vātaraktāri (°ta-ari), is, m. ‘enemy of Vāta-rakta, ‘a plant, Menispermum Glabrum ( = pitta-ghnī ). —Vāta-raṅga, as, m. the fig-tree (= aś- vattha). —Vāta-rūṣa, as, m. [cf. rt. rūṣ ], a gale, storm; the rainbow; a bribe. —Vāta-roga, as, m. ‘wind-disease,’ rheumatism, gout. —Vātarogin, ī, iṇī, i, afflicted with gout or rheumatism, rheumatic. —Vātarddhi (°ta-ṛd°), is, m. a sort of cup made of wood and iron or a vessel made of wood with an iron stand; a mace, a club or stick bound with iron. —Vāta-vat, ān, atī, at, windy, gusty. —Vāta- valāsaka, as, m. nervous fever (?). —Vāta-vasti, is, f. suppression of urine. —Vāta-vikāra, as, m. disease of the wind, rheumatism. —Vāta-vṛddhi, is, f. swelled testicle. —Vāta-vega, as, m. ‘fleet as wind, ‘N. of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra. —Vāta-vairin, ī, m. ‘enemy of wind-disease,’ the castor-oil tree, &c. [cf. vātāri. ] —Vāta-vyādhi, is, m. any mor- bid affection of the wind. —Vātavyādhi-cikitsā, f. the cure of the above disease. —Vātavyādhi-ni- dāna, am, n. the cause of the above disease. —Vāta- śīrṣa, am, n. ‘wind-source,’ the lower belly. —Vā- Page0899-c+ 81 ta-śūla, am, n. ‘wind-pain,’ colic with flatulence. —Vāta-śoṇita, am, n. acute gout or rheumatism (ascribed to a vitiated state of ‘the wind and blood’). —Vāta-saha, as, ā, am, suffering from wind- disease, gouty, rheumatic; bearing wind, able to resist gusts and gales. —Vāta-sārathi, is, m. ‘hav- ing the wind for a charioteer, ‘Agni or Fire. —Vā- ta-skandha, am, n. the part of the atmosphere where the wind blows. —Vāta-svana, as, ā, am, sounding or roaring like the wind. —Vāta-han, ā, ghnī, a, = vāta-ghna, q. v. —Vātāṭa (°ta-aṭa), as, m. ‘wind-goer,’ a horse of the sun; an antelope. —Vā- tāṇḍa (°ta-aṇ°), as, m. a disease of the testicles. —Vātātisāra (°ta-at°), as, m. dysentery produced by vitiated wind. —Vātāda (°ta-āda), as, m. a kind of fruit tree. —Vātānulomana (°ta-an°), am, n. forcing the wind in the right direction or downwards (as in inflating the lungs). —Vātā-parjanyā, m. du., Ved. the gods Vāta and Parjanya (who are invoked together in Ṛg-veda X. 66, 10, &c.). —Vātāpi (°ta-āpi?), is, m., N. of an Asura (devoured by Agastya). —Vātāpi-dviṣ, ṭ, or vātāpi-sūdana, as, or vātāpi-han, ā, m. ‘destroyer of the Asura Vā- tāpi, ‘epithet of the Muni Agastya. —Vātāpya (°ta- āp°), as, ā, am, Ved. swelling or filling with air or wind, fermenting; ( am ), n. fermentation; water; Soma; (according to Sāy. on Ṛg-veda IX. 93, 5 = udaka. ) —Vātāmodā (°ta-ām°), f. musk. —Vātāya (°ta-aya), am, n. ‘wind-going,’ a leaf. —Vātāyana (°ta-ay°), am, n. ‘wind-passage, air-passage,’ a window, air-hole, loop-hole; a porch, portico; a covered shed, pavilion; ( as ), m. a horse; a patronymic of Anila (author of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 168); of Ula (author of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 186). —Vātāyana- stha, as, ā, am, standing or being at the window. —Vātāyu (°ta-ayu), us, m. an antelope, deer. —Vātāri (°ta-ari), is, f. ‘enemy of wind-disease,’ the castor-oil tree; a plant, Asparagus Racemosus. —Vātālī (°ta-ālī), f. a whirlwind, gale. —Vātāśva (°ta-aś°), as, m. a swift horse or one of good breed. —Vātāsaha (°ta-ās°), as, ā, am, suffering from wind-disease, rheumatic, gouty. —Vātāhata (°ta- āh°), as, ā, am, stirred or shaken by the wind; struck by wind-disease, affected by rheumatism. —Vātāhata-nau, naus, f. a ship tossed by the winds. —Vātāhati (°ta-āh°), is, f. ‘wind-stroke,’ a violent gust of wind, the action of the wind; an attack of rheumatism or gout, occurrence of arthritic pains. —Vāteśvara-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a Tīrtha. —Vātona (°ta-ūna), as, ā, am, deficient in wind or the windy humor; ( ā ), f., N. of a plant (= go- jihvā). —Vātopajūta (°ta-up°) or vātopadhūta (°ta-up°), as, ā, am, Ved. raised by the wind. [ ID=41719 ]
- wind  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 2-284 ] Vāta is the regular word for ‘wind’ in the Rigveda 1 and later. 2 Five winds are mentioned. 3 In one passage 4 Zimmer 5 sees a reference to the north-east monsoon. Cf. Salilavāta. [ Footnote: 1) i. 28, 6; ii. 1, 6; 38, 3; iii. 14, 3, etc.] [ Footnote: 2) Av. iv. 5, 2; v. 5, 7; xii. 1, 51, etc.] [ Footnote: 3) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, i. 6; 1, 2; Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xxxii. 6.] [ Footnote: 4) Rv. v. 53, 8.] [ Footnote: 5) Altindisches Leben, 45, who compares also Rv. x. 137, 2, which refers to two winds.] [ ID=2871 ]

### Proper Nouns & Epithets (8 definitions)
- Name of a people  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a people (see वात - पति (vāta-pati) and वाता (vātā) धिप (dhipa) ) [ ID=189443 ]
- of a Rakshasa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Rākṣasa, VP. [ ID=189444 ]
- of a son of Shura  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Śūra, ib. [ ID=189445 ]
- the Rakshasa presiding over the month of Tapas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 3-185 ] Vāta (I) — the Rākṣasa presiding over the month of Tapas; with the śarat Sun. Bhā. XII. 11. 39; Br. II. 23. 15; Vā. 52. 15; Vi. II. 10. 11. [ ID=12489 ]
- a son of Yatudhana and father of Virodha  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vāta (II) — a son of Yātudhāna, and father of Virodha who was death to the people. Br. III. 7. 89 and 96. [ ID=12490 ]
- a son of Shura  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vāta (III) — a son of Śūra. Br. III. 71. 138; Vā. 96. 136. [ ID=12491 ]
- a pishacha  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vāta (IV) — a piśāca. Vā. 69. 127. [ ID=12492 ]
- one of the seven seers of the Svarocisha epoch  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 3-186 ] Vāta (V) — one of the seven seers of the Svārociṣa epoch. Vi. III. 1. 11. [ ID=12493 ]

### Medical Conditions, Symptoms & Related Terms (5 definitions)
- wind emitted from the body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > wind emitted from the body, Mahābhārata (Title) iv, 117 [ ID=189440 ]
- flatulence, gout, or rheumatism  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > morbid affection of the windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism &c., VarBṛS.; Śṛṅgār. [ ID=189442 ]
- Gout, rheumatism  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तः (taḥ) 4 Gout, rheumatism
- Inflammation of the joints.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तः (taḥ) 5 Inflammation of the joints
- 1. Excess of wind. 2. A mace or club tipped with iron.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ऋद्धिः (ṛddhiḥ) f. 1 excess of wind. 2 a mace, a club, stick tipped with iron

### Compounds: Plants & Trees (3 definitions)
- 1. The castor-oil tree. 2. Name of several plants including asparagus, shephalika, yavani, bhargigi, snuhi, vidanga, shurana, and jatuka.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — अरिः (ariḥ) 1 the castor-oil tree. 2 N. of several plants: - शतमूली, शेफालिका, यवानी, भार्गी, स्नुही (śatamūlī, śephālikā, yavānī, bhārgī, snuhī), विडंग, शूरण, जतुका (viḍaṃga, śūraṇa, jatukā) &c
- a bundle of leaves, a book  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — पोथः (pothaḥ)
- the palasha tree  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — पोथकः (pothakaḥ) the tree called पलाश (palāśa)

### Past Participle: Blown (3 definitions)
- blown  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 934,2] 1. वात (vāta) mfn. (for 2. See p. 939, col. 3) blown &c. [ ID=189437 ]
- Blown  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 0958-a ] वात (vāta) p. p. [ वा - क्त (vā-kta) ] 1 Blown
- 1. Blown. 2. Wished for or solicited.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 651-26 ] वात (vāta) (I) a. (f. ता (tā) ) 1. Blown; 2. wished for, solicited. [ ID=34219 ]

### Past Participle: Desired/Wished For (3 definitions)
- desired  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 2. वात (vāta) mfn. ( fr. √ वन् (van) ) = वनित (vanita), solicited, wished for, desired ( cf. विवस्वद् - व् (vivasvad-v) ° (°) ) [ ID=190609 ]
- Desired, wished for, or solicited  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 0958-a ] वात (vāta) p. p. [ वा - क्त (vā-kta) ] 2 Desired or wished for, solicited
- solicited or wished for  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0902-b ] वात (vāta) 2. vāta, as, ā, am (fr. rt. 1. van; for 1. vāta see p. 899, col. 1), = vanita, solicited, wished for, &c. [ ID=41819 ]

### Verbal Meanings (to go, serve, fan) (3 definitions)
- 1. To go. 2. To serve. 3. To be happy. 4. To give pleasure in travelling. 5. To blow gently, fan, or ventilate.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 749 ] वात (vāta) r. 1st cl. ( वात (vāta) यति (vātayati) ) 1 To go. 2 To serve. 3 To be happy. 4 To give pleasure in travelling. 5 To blow gently, to fan or ventilate. [ ID=34260 ]
- To go, serve, be or make happy, or fan.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 671-a ] वात (vāta) ( क ) वात (vāta) यति ((ka) vātayati) 10. a. To go; serve; to be or make happy; to fan. [ ID=33851 ]
- 1. To go. 2. To serve. 3. To be happy. 4. To give pleasure in travelling. 5. To blow gently, fan, or ventilate.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 642-a ] वात (vāta) r. 10th cl. ( वात (vāta) यति - ते (vātayati-te) ) 1. To go. 2. To serve. 3. To be happy. 4. To give pleasure in travelling. 5. To blow gently, to fan or ventilate. [ ID=35816 ]

### Bodily Humour (Vāta Doṣa) (2 definitions)
- wind or air as one of the humours of the body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > wind or air as one of the humours of the body (also called वायु (vāyu), मारुत (māruta), पवन (pavana), अनिल (anila), समीरण (samīraṇa) ), Kathās.; Suśr. &c. [ ID=189441 ]
- Wind, as one of the three humours of the body  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तः (taḥ) 3 Wind, as one of the three humours of the body

### Compounds: Atmospheric Phenomena & Physical Effects of Wind (2 definitions)
- a leaf  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — अयं (ayaṃ) a leaf
- 1. A high wind. 2. Acute gout. 3. A kind of smallpox. 4. A lovely woman.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — थूडा (thūḍā) 1 a high wind. 2 acute gout. 3 a kind of smallpox. 4 a lovely woman

### Grammatical Information & Cross-References (2 definitions)
- See page 934, column 2.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 939,3] वात (vāta) 1a &c. See p. 934, col. 2 &c. [ ID=190608 ]
- blown, stirred, moved  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वात (vāta) 2. vā-ta, pp. of √ 3. vā; & of √ 2. vā ( —° ). [ ID=16242 ]

### Past Participle: Dried Up/Withered (2 definitions)
- dried up  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1019,3] 3. वात (vāta) mfn. (for 1. and 2. See pp. 934, 939) dried up (see 1. अ - वात (vāta) (a-vāta) ). [ ID=206545 ]
- dried, withered  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0967-a ] 3. vāta, as, ā, am (often identified with 1. vāta, p. 899, col. 1), dried, withered. [ ID=44952 ]

### The Wind God (Vāta Deva) (2 definitions)
- The god of wind  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तः (taḥ) 2 The god of wind, the deity presiding over wind
- 1. Wind or the god of wind. 2. An epithet of Shiva.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > वात (vāta) [Printed book page 720-1 ] Vāta 1 = Vāyu, q.v.—Do. 2 = Śiva (1000 names 2 ). [ ID=11723 ]

### Compounds: Anatomical Parts (1 definition)
- the lower belly  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — शी र्षं (śī rṣaṃ) the lower belly

### Compounds: Animals (Antelope, Horse, Bird) (1 definition)
- a horse  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — अयनः (ayanaḥ) a horse. (

### Compounds: Architectural Features for Ventilation (1 definition)
- 1. A window or air-hole. 2. A porch or portico. 3. A pavilion.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — नं (naṃ) ) 1 a window, an air-hole; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 2. 11; Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 7. 59; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 6. 24, 13. 21. 2 a porch, portico. 3 a pavilion

### Figurative, Metaphorical, or Indirect Meanings (1 definition)
- A faithless lover  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तः (taḥ) 6 A faithless lover ( धृष्ट (dhṛṣṭa) )

### Past Participle: Attacked/Injured (1 definition)
- attacked, assailed, injured, hurt  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > attacked, assailed, injured, hurt ( cf. 3. अ - व् (a-v) ° (°) and निवात (nivāta) ). [ ID=190610 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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